Why is community theatre so bitchy?

EMAILNOTICES>noIf you want to discuss the 'social-politics' of a community, why confine your-self to theatre? Some of the worst SP I've ever encountered was on the School Playgrounds, with-in 'Youth Groups' that try to motivate a good self-image, even in the Work Place!Bitchiness is not a part of the community, it's a lifestyle for some people. Bithiness, backstabbing and green jealousy are everywhere, even in the immature boys who get upset when another bloke can get the girl, and they can't.I have some kid, who has about as much to do with theatre as a fly has with Atomic Physics, who has deemed it necessary to confront me about being friendly with a young lady that he has claimed 'miner's rights' to, completely ignoring that fact that the lady in question shudders at the mention of his name.The only way to cope with bitchiness (I find) is to recognise it first and then laugh at it. We all know why people are bitchy; usually jealousy, some sort of fear, immaturity, or their way of 'knocking-out-the-competition.' Realise this and laugh at it. Makes you feel better and makes their efforts fruitless (and gets them really annoyed too!)Took me a few years to recognise this and I'm still not the best at it, but I've a lot of fun with it none-the-less.Don't fight fire with fire, use water instead.Jeff "Loaded Bucket" Watkins